335+ Amazing German Wirehaired Pointer Names: Male & Female

If you’ve just brought home a beautiful German Wirehaired Pointer as a new member of your family, a hearty congratulations! These dogs are smart, inquisitive, affectionate, and no question, very handsome!

However, coming up with the right name for your new dog can be challenging. The name should suit your new pup, and you’ll want to introduce your dog to other people without any embarrassment.

We’ve come up with a LOT of names for you to choose from! We have placed our possible name options into different lists, which we hope will make it easier for you to find the best name for your GWP.

How to Name Your Dog

Sometimes you don’t need to look through a long list of names – if you think about it enough, you might be able to come up with the name yourself. We’ll cover some tips in order to give you a gentle nudge, which might help with naming your GWP.

First of all, you could start with the color and pattern of your dog for inspiration. Most German Wirehaired Pointers are liver and liver & white. Later, we’ll give you a number of different words for this coloring that might work as a dog’s name.

Some people also go with a name that embodies a unique physical feature of their pet. The GWP has a very distinguished beard and eyebrows, which can also work – like Van Dyke (style of beard).

You can also use some of your favorite songs, musicians, authors, or TV or movie characters for an inspired name.

And finally, look at your dog’s personality. Do they have any unique quirks that could make a fun name? You can look at video games or food for some ideas, and don’t forget your dog is from Germany. Look at names or even items that are German. Throughout our lists, we’ve put in bold any names or words that are German.

Does your dog run faster than the speed of light? Maybe Sonic or Milly (short for Millennium Falcon) might work. The possibilities are endless. Which is why you’re here, so on to the names!

Female German Wirehaired Pointer Names

This section is pretty self-explanatory. If you have a female GWP, you can look at names that are traditionally used for females. We’ve also included a few famous women from history as well as a number of traditional female German names.

Male German Wirehaired Pointer Names

Just like with the female names, we have a bunch of male names. This also includes a few historical figures and some traditional German male names.

Genderless German Wirehaired Pointer Names

If you would rather not go with traditionally masculine and feminine names, we have a list of random names that can be interchangeable between the genders.

Names Based on Colors

The color standard for the German Wirehaired Pointer is just liver and liver & white. But they can also be black & white and have roan, spotted, and ticked markings. We’ll cover different names for these varieties of colors, including browns, reds (since liver is brownish-red), gray, and black.

Red

Brown

Black/Gray

Names Based on Food and Drinks

Using food and drinks gives you many more options. We’ve added in a few German dishes and drinks, but you might also notice other foods that are definitely from different countries (like Italy and France). But if it suits your dog and you like it, it doesn’t really matter where the name came from.

Food

Drinks

German Wirehaired Pointer Names Based on Mythology

We love our mythologies! There are quite a few fascinating mythologies out there that include Egyptian, Greek, Norse, and so on. If you’re aiming to give your GWP a German name, you can pick names from Norse mythology, which is essentially the older common Germanic mythology.

Names Based on Fictional Characters

And finally, we have a variety of names from a variety of fictional sources. We’ve pulled from video games, movies, and TV shows. There are most definitely many more names out there than this, but our lists are meant to get you thinking since we can’t mention everything!

Use Your Imagination!

If you have narrowed your chosen names to a small, manageable number, you should try speaking and even yelling them. You might find one name stands out more than the others, or you might decide to discard a few if they don’t sound too great out loud.

We’ve also provided you with a number of honorifics and titles below that you can tack on to some of your top names. Play up the German connection with Baron von Kafka or Frau Hilda.

Conclusion

The choices really are endless! But aim for something that inspires you. Is one of your favorite songs “Roxanne,” or are you a big fan of Elton John or Ed Sheeran?

Remember to also consider your new dog’s personality or any funny little quirks they have. Even try throwing some words into an online thesaurus. These could be colors or words that fit your dog’s temperament.

But once you find the right name, you’ll know it immediately. And it should be as fun and individual as you and your German Wirehaired Pointer.

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